PHP with MySQL

[WebProgrammerGoddess]

I'm coding with PHP and I'm doing a query using mysql_query(), a previous coder put a line of code in that calls the mysql_insert_id function and stores the value in a variable.
this is how it looks: $insertid = mysql_insert_id(); My question is doesn't it have to have the name of the query, so it knows which one to pull the id from?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

 

[delpino]

from php.net

"mysql_insert_id() returns the ID generated for an AUTO_INCREMENT column by the previous INSERT query using the given link_identifier. If link_identifier isn't specified, the last opened link is assumed."

hope that'll answer your question